Non-refillable bottle.



A. L. PRESTON.

NON-REF'ILLABLE BOTTLE.

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1,182,034. ,4 y n Patented May 9,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten May a, 191e.

Application led January 3, 1916. Serial No. 69,962.

neck of a bottle whereby the stopper can only be removed by breaking or destroying a portion of the bottle which will prevent the reiilling andreuse of. the bottle in the original manner.

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide a nonerellable bottle which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in construction, as well as beingy practical and etlicient in use. y n

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the ,descriptionk proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within they scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a vertical section through the neck of a bottle illustrating the improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

In the drawing, there is designated a bottle or other container l having a neck 2, which is provided with diametrically opposite outstanding alining tubular extensions 3 which are provided at their outer or remote ends with concaved integral closures or ends 4. These ends or closures 4 are relatively thin so as to be irangible, and the concaved sides are outermost so that the ends 4 willbe protected against accidental injury. The extensions 3 are quite firm, and are formed integral with the neck during the molding thereof, and are preferably located intermediate the ends of the neck.

A stopper 5 is adapted to fit snugly within the neck 2 so as to extend past they extensions f or socket members 3, and is provided adjacent its inner or lower end with a diametri- Vforsi(JEfAi N cal bore or opening 6 in which is litted a coiled `wire, expansion spring 7 whose-terminals are adapted to be projected into the extensions or keepers 3. The stopper 5 is pref? Lerably constructed of glass, the same as the bottle, so that the spring is exposed to view, although this is not mandatory.

f In use, after the bottle is filled, a cork or equivalent stopper 8 is slipped into the neck beyond the extensions 3, to provide a tight closure for the bottle, and after the spring 7 is inserted in the opening 6 of the stopper 5, the stopper is started into the neck, the spring being compressed so that it can move into the neck with the stopper 5A After the stopper is moved into place, as seenin Fig. l, the spring 7 in expanding will be projected into the extensions 3, and saidl extensions serve as keepers to hold the spring whereby the stopper 5 cannot be withdrawn unless the spring is released. To release and withdraw the spring, one of the frangible ends or portions 4 is broken by any suitable implement, and this permits! the spring to project out of the respective extension 3, whereby the spring can be withdrawn. removed, and the cork stopper 8 can then also be removed. The contents of the bottle can be poured out, and the extension or nipple 3 which has been opened can be used Jior decanting the contents of the bottle if pre-1kk This permits the stopper 5 to bey ferred. Since oney or both of the ends 4 are v broken, the subsequent use of the bottle isy prevented, that is, in the original manner. The present invention thus provides an effective means whereby a bottle after being received by the consumer and opened, canis claimed as new is:

Abottle neck having diametrically opposite outstanding tubular extensions provided with thin concaved rangible ends, a stopper insertible in said neck and having a diametrical opening, and a coiled Wire expansion spring to fit in said opening and expand into 10 said extensions when the stopper is inserted. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as iny ovvn, I have hereto aiiXed my signaturein the presence of tvvo Witnesses.

Y ABBIE L. PRESTON. Witnesses :Y

GEO. W. WEISS, LEON F. LEVY.

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